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2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage were played from 11 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.[1]

2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates11 February – 3 April 2022
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored106 (2.21 per match)

Times are in local times.

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:30 GMT (13:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.[2]

Pot 1
Team Pts
  Al Ahly 78
  Espérance de Tunis 65
  Wydad AC 63
  Raja CA 54
Pot 2
Team Pts
  Zamalek 47
  Mamelodi Sundowns 46
  Horoya 38
  Étoile du Sahel 36
Pot 3
Team Pts
  Al Hilal 21
  CR Belouizdad 15
  Petro de Luanda 14.5
  ES Sétif 13
Pot 4
Team Pts
  Al Merrikh 7
  Sagrada Esperança –
  Jwaneng Galaxy –
  AmaZulu –

Format edit

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers edit

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[1]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule edit

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 11–12 February 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 18–19 February 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 25–26 February 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 11–12 March 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 18–19 March 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 1–2 April 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MSD AHL HIL MER
1   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 3–0
2   Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–1 — 1–0 3–2
3   Al Hilal 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4[a] 2–4 0–0 — 1–0
4   Al Merrikh 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4[a] 0–0 1–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Hilal 3, Al Merrikh 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Hilal 0, Al Merrikh 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Hilal 1, Al Merrikh 0
Mamelodi Sundowns  1–0  Al Hilal
  • Zwane   8'
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Al Ahly  3–2  Al Merrikh
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Al Hilal  0–0  Al Ahly
Report
Al Merrikh  2–1  Al Hilal
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Al Ahly  0–1  Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Al Hilal  1–0  Al Merrikh
 Report
Mamelodi Sundowns  1–0  Al Ahly
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Al Merrikh  1–3  Al Ahly
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Al Hilal  2–4  Mamelodi Sundowns
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Mamelodi Sundowns  3–0  Al Merrikh
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Al Ahly  1–0  Al Hilal
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Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RCA ESS AMZ HOR
1   Raja CA 6 5 0 1 7 2 +5 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 1–0
2   ES Sétif 6 3 0 3 6 5 +1 9 0–1 — 2–0 3–2
3   AmaZulu 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 0–2 1–0 — 1–0
4   Horoya 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 2–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Horoya  0–1  ES Sétif
Report
Raja CA  1–0  AmaZulu
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ES Sétif  0–1  Raja CA
Report
AmaZulu  1–0  Horoya
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AmaZulu  1–0  ES Sétif
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Raja CA  1–0  Horoya
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Horoya  2–1  Raja CA
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
ES Sétif  2–0  AmaZulu
 Report
AmaZulu  0–2  Raja CA
Report
ES Sétif  3–2  Horoya
 Report
Horoya  1–1  AmaZulu
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Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Raja CA  1–0  ES Sétif
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Attendance: 43,651
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST CRB ESS GAL
1   Espérance de Tunis 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 0–0 4–0
2   CR Belouizdad 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 1–1 — 2–0 4–1
3   Étoile du Sahel 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 0–2 0–0 — 3–2
4   Jwaneng Galaxy 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 0–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Espérance de Tunis  4–0  Jwaneng Galaxy
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Jwaneng Galaxy  1–1  Étoile du Sahel
 Report
CR Belouizdad  1–1  Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Espérance de Tunis  0–0  Étoile du Sahel
Report
Jwaneng Galaxy  1–2  CR Belouizdad
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CR Belouizdad  4–1  Jwaneng Galaxy
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Jwaneng Galaxy  0–3  Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
CR Belouizdad  2–0  Étoile du Sahel
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Étoile du Sahel  3–2  Jwaneng Galaxy
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Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC PET ZAM SAG
1   Wydad AC 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15 Advance to knockout stage — 5–1 3–1 3–0
2   Petro de Luanda 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 2–1 — 0–0 3–0
3   Zamalek 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3 4 0–1 2–2 — 0–0
4   Sagrada Esperança 6 0 2 4 1 9 −8 2 1–2 0–1 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Wydad AC  3–0  Sagrada Esperança
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Zamalek  2–2  Petro de Luanda
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Petro de Luanda  2–1  Wydad AC
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Wydad AC  3–1  Zamalek
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Zamalek  0–1  Wydad AC
Report
Petro de Luanda  3–0  Sagrada Esperança
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Petro de Luanda  0–0  Zamalek
Report
Sagrada Esperança  1–2  Wydad AC
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Wydad AC  5–1  Petro de Luanda
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Notes edit

  1. ^ Mamelodi Sundowns play their group stage home matches at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, instead of their regular home stadiums Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, both in Pretoria, due to unavailability.
  2. ^ The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 or 12 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 5 March 2022 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates between 3 and 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Al Merrikh play their group stage home matches at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan), which did not meet CAF requirements.
  4. ^ a b c ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ^ a b c Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
  6. ^ a b c CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  7. ^ a b c Sagrada Esperança play their group stage home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular home stadium Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

External links edit

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